Collar-support.



H. TILL.

COLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED DEU. 2a

Patented Feb. 14, 19117 1HE Nantais Perales co., wlsulmrruw, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY TILL, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY TILL, citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar- Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar supports and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive device of this character especially designed for attachment to ladies lace `or fabric collars and to the collars of mens soft shirts for the purpose of retaining the collar in proper shape and pre venting sagging of the saine when in position on the neck of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a collar support formed of a piece of thin wood or other suitable material having a reinforcing` strip on one side thereof and a yieldable backing on the other, said reinforcing strip being formed of open lnesh fabric saturated with an adhesive material, the latter serving the dual function of securing the reinforcing strip to the body of the collar support and also as a means for securing said support in position on a collar.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

For a full understanding of 'the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following descriptirm and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a support constructed in accordance with my in veution, showing the same applied to a collar; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the collar showing the manner of securing the support thereto; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the support detached; Fig. Il is a transverse sectional view taken on the line Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1909.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911'.

serial No. 535,368.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the support made in continuous length; Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the support used in connection with a collar of a soft shirt.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings bythe same reference characters.

The improved collar support forming the subject matter of the present invention comprises a body portion 5 preferably formed of a strip of thin wood of suliicient rigidity to retain the collar in proper shape, while at the same time permitting the strip or body portion to yield slightly when bending or turning the neck.

Secured to one side of the body portion 5 is a reinforcing strip 6, preferably formed of cheesecloth, muslin or other open mesh fabric, said reinforcing strip being saturated with blue vor other adhesive material, the glue being held in suspension in the mesh of the fabric and serving the dual function of securing the reinforcing strip to the body portion 5 and also as a means for securing the support in position on a collar. The adhesive material. with which the reinford ing strip G is saturated consists of a compound of white glue, paraffin, glycerin and water, such a compound having been found,

by experience, especially desirable for this purpose inasmuch it is white in color to match the color of most shirt waists and collars, and, to a certain extent, moisture proof, thus guarding against coming loose when subjected to perspiration from the neck of the wearer, the glycerin in the compound preventing easy breakage or snapping of the support. The compound is rendered adhesive by the application of heat and moisture and soluble in warm water.

Secured to that side of the body portion 5 opposite the reinforcing strip, is a backing strip 7, preferably formed of canton flannel although felt or other yieldable material will answer just as well. The yieldable backing strip 7 is adapted to bear against the neck of the wearer so as to prevent the body por-- tion 5 from coming in contact with the skin and cutting or otherwise lacerating the same. If desired, the backing strip 7 may he extended laterally beyond the edge of the body portion 5 to form a yieldable flange 8 to assist in preventing the longitudinal edges of the body portion 5 from pressing against the skin when the neck is turned.

It is preferred to make the collar supports in predetermined lengths with the opposite ends thereof rounded at 9, but if desired the collar supports may be made in the form of a continuous strip and subsc quently cut or severed into the desired length to tit the collars to which they are applied, as best shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

In using the device, the strips are applied to the inner face of a collar, either by moistening the reinforcing strip G and pressing the support laterally against the collar with a heated iron, or by moistening the collar and pressing a heated iron on the support, thus firmly securing the support in position on the collar and preventing sagging of the same when in use.

It will here be noted that when the collar is immersed in water to elfect the washing thereof, the warm water will dissolve the adhesive material on the reinforcing strip and thus cause the support to drop off and any particles of glue or adhesive material left on the collar will be dissolved in the warm water so as not to injure the fabric.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings, the support is shown of angular formation, such a construction of support being especially desirable for attachment to the collars of mens soft shirts in order to retain the collar in proper shape, making unnecessary the work of buttoning down the points of the collar. The angular supports 10 shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings are applied to the collar ll of a shirt in the same manner as the supports shown in Fig. l. If desired however, straight supports of the construction shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings may be used on the collars of mens soft shirts in place of the angularly disposed supports shown in Fig. 9 of the drawings,

rlhe device is extremely simply in construction and may be manufactured and placed on the market at a relatively small initial cost.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A collar support including a tlat relatively thin body portion, a yieldable backing secured to one side of the body portion, and a reinforcing` strip secured to the other face of the body portion and formed of open mesh fabric saturated with a mucilaginous cempound to present oppositely disposed adhesive faces, said compound serving to re.- tain the reinforcing strip on the body portion and also sewing to secure the support in position on a collar.

A collar support comprising a body portion having an angular terminal, a yieldable backing secured to one side of the body portion and covering said angular terminal, a. reil'iforcing strip secured to the other side of the body portion and also covering the angular terminal, said reinforcing strip being saturated with a mucilaginous ecmpound to present oppositely disposed adhesive faces for contact with the body poi'- tion and a collar, respectively, said compound being rendered soluble in water and adhesive under the application of heat and moisture.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY TILL. [a Sg Witnesses ARTHUR A. BEACH, BENJAMIN LEVY. 

